Chiropractor Fresno, Dr. Matthew Norton, Chiropractic Fresno

High blood sugar (160)

David — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:24 GMT

I have not been to my DC in awhile and my neck and lower back could use an adjustment.

I went for my annual physical and the doctor said I'm in great shape except for my blood suger. Can my nech/back issues cause the Pancreas to produce lower levels of Insuline?

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Experience Freedom from Ongoing Pain: Part 1 of 2

Dr. Norton — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:17:18 GMT

Experience Freedom from Ongoing Pain: Part 1 of 2

(Excerpted from Dr. Nortons soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (19th Century German Philosopher)

Have you been suffering with pain for so long that it seems normal to hurt, and in fact, you cant remember when you last felt good? Possibly you havent struggled with pain in the past, but recently something has changed and now out of nowhere you have pain challenges and dont understand why or what to do.

Both ways, to some degree you are in captivity and that was not the blueprint for your life.

Were going to explore an action plan aimed at setting you free from your pain and distress to live at your vital and dynamic best. Before we do however, lets briefly examine the self-regulating and self-healing capacity of your body because its the foundation of that action plan.

Your body works wonderfully as long as there is no interference. (We will address some possible interference sources in Chapters 9 and 13).
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<Incredible Fact>

Your heart started beating on its own at about four weeks post-conception. It will continue to beat 24 hours a day 7 days a week, hopefully for at least 80 to 90 years without trouble. It isnt just a heart but an entire cardiovascular system that works in conjunction with your respiratory system and is dependent upon your digestive, immune, and other key systems to maintain optimal function.
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Who taught you to beat your heart? Obviously nobody did. It was all perfectly wired for that activity with directions on when to begin. There is an awesome intelligence or wisdom within you, running the entire show of your complex physiology. It operates through subtle chaotic rhythms and flexibly adapts you to a frequently hostile and ever-changing environment. This balancing act is termed homeostasis and is the essence of health or wholeness.

Your best doctor is always the one residing within you. It should be honored and respected for its incredible capacities. It is truly the only one with the ability to heal you (return you to wholeness) when you get too overwhelmed and depart from that ideal state.

(Join us next month for the conclusion and the possible solution to your ongoing pain).

(View applications of this message to your life in Healing Hints below)

Healing Hints

You have the potential to thrive rather than simply feeling okay or worse yet, dragging yourself through your days in various degrees of misery. Living a long, dynamic life of energy and passion is your fundamental design. The first step is to own this truth.
Then, make a commitment to take the necessary actions to restore as much of your vital capacity as possible before any more time passes. The hard truth is that you have a finite amount of adaptive energy and time will run out on your ability to turn your ship around if youre not careful.
Pause for even a moment and consider the awe-inspiring gift of life youve been given. You have LIFE! Dont let yourself get lulled into blas complacency about this incredible opportunity you have to experience, create, learn, and contribute. Dont let it slip away while youre routinely bored, anxious, sick, worried, or depressed. This is your time on the stage. Play it for all its worth!
What is your doctor within telling you about the state of your health and the lifestyle and healthcare decisions youre making? Dont only run after every external voice with an opinion about your condition. What message is your internal wisdom trying to get through to you? What action are you being urged from inside to take? Change your diet? Get back to your exercise program? Stop smoking?
Learn more about how your nervous system directs and coordinates your basic design of self-regulation and self-healing and how these essential communications get disturbed through spinal misalignments caused by injuries and daily life stresses.
If you are in the Central California area, take advantage of the amazing Pain Solution Week special offer described above in the News and Events section. Call us at 559-490-9550 for more information and to schedule this limited-time appointment. You must call us by July 26th!

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Dr. Norton Now On Myspace.com

Admin — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:33:18 GMT

Dr. Norton is now on Myspace.com

Visit his Myspace page at,
http://www.myspace.com/fresnochiropractor

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Pain Solution Week: July 23 - 26 Special only $30.00

Admin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:34:53 GMT

During the week of July 23-26, Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center will conduct a Pain Solution Week. This is a very special event because all people new to our office or who havent been present for at least 6 months will receive multiple benefits as follows:
The consultation, full examination (including the unique computerized nervous system stress assessment), any needed spinal x-rays, the doctor's report of findings and recommended strategy cost only $30 and theres no obligation to initiate care! This is a $240 value and is only offered 3 times each year.

Please call 559-490-9550 ASAP for the best times and share this with anybody you know who may suffer with pain or illness of any kind.

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Research Revelations for Your Health and Life Diabetes

Dr. Norton — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:20:20 GMT

Research Revelations for Your Health and Life (Diabetes)

Ray Strand, M.D. in his Healthy for Life Newsletter in Sept. 2006 discussed our ability to prevent or even reverse diabetes. He cited the Centers for Disease Control's recent projection that any child born after the year 2000 would have more than a 30% chance of developing this condition during his or her lifetime. This statistic jumps to nearly 50% in Blacks, Hispanics, or Native Americans. This means that every second or third person in this present generation will end up developing diabetes. That will be debilitating for those individuals and overwhelming to our health care system!

Could this be you? Possibly, unless you learn more about this condition and make whatever lifestyle modifications and proactive healthcare choices are necessary to prevent its onset.

According to Dr. Strand, diabetes is the major cause of premature death and the leading cause of adult blindness, amputations, kidney failure, and neuropathy. 90% today have the Type 2 or adult-onset form. It takes decades to develop and is the most preventable type.

Increasingly, complementary health care for diabetes is being investigated. This involves looking beyond the pancreas and medication alone when caring for the diabetic patient. There are whole body issues relating to nervous system disturbance; the connection between the skeletal frame and internal organ function; as well as nutrition and supplementation.

A number of chiropractic studies (many discussed in my soon to be released book Where Does It Hurt?) have demonstrated positive responses to adjustments for issues beyond local back pain. These include referred pain syndromes as well as organ system dysfunction and the related disturbance of the autonomic nervous system that coordinates those functions.

A study by Charles Blum D.C. was published in the December 2006 edition of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research entitled "Normalization of Blood and Urine Measures Following Reduction of Vertebral Subluxations in a Patient Diagnosed with Early Onset Diabetes". Vertebral subluxations are misalignments of the spine that produce nervous system disturbance, thereby interfering with the transmission of information throughout the body.

This was the case history of a patient who received chiropractic adjustments, dietary modification, and exercise and experienced the successful outcome of favorably altered glucose levels. Within one month, blood and urine glucose levels had normalized and remained stable.

There have been a few other studies that indicated the possible positive influence of chiropractic adjustments upon diabetes. One demonstrated that the reduction of upper neck subluxations resulted in a stabilization of plasma glucose levels during a three-hour fasting period.

A critical dietary factor in the development of diabetes involves the excessive consumption of high glycemic foods (carbohydrates that spike blood sugar). This practice leads you to produce abnormally high levels of insulin in a persistent effort to maintain a proper blood sugar level. Eventually insensitivity, and ultimately resistance to your own insulin develops. Weight gain leading toward obesity and an entire catalog of disease consequences follow.

Beginning to eat differently, with a focus upon breaking addictive carbohydrate cravings is very important. An extremely successful method of accomplishing this shift begins with the use of the USANA Reset 5-day high fiber cleanse. This is a jumpstart to healthy living with the positive side effect of weight loss. Typical loss is 5 lbs. in this first phase of dietary change, which can then be supported by additional phases.

You can find additional information and ordering details at www.ExpandYourTerritory.usana.com. Click on the red reset button in the left margin by the photo of my wife Judy and I.

(View applications of this message to your life in Healing Hints below)

Healing Hints

Realize the foundational importance of your health to both the length and quality of your life.
Understand that your lifestyle decisions and healthcare choices are absolutely critical, and according to the field of epigenetics, more important than your genes in determining whether or not you develop diabetes or most any other disease.
Be willing to adopt an open attitude toward learning more about the best lifestyle and healthcare options available to help you recover from a disease by stimulating your natural healing capacity, or better yet prevent disease from ever finding fertile soil to develop within you in the first place.
Learn more about how your nervous system directs and coordinates your basic design of self-regulation and self-healing, including your digestive and immune function, and how these essential communications get disturbed through spinal misalignments caused by injuries and daily life stresses.
If you are in the Central California area, take advantage of the amazing Pain Solution Week special offer described above in the News and Events section. Call us at 559-490-9550 for more information and to schedule this limited-time appointment.
Go to www.ExpandYourTerritory.usana.com and read the introduction my wife Judy wrote. Then click on the red Reset button in the left margin below our picture to read more about the Reset 5-day cleanse to interrupt your cravings for blood sugar-spiking/insulin-demanding carbohydrate foods. I also recommend clicking on the Low-glycemic foods and snacks link under the word Transform. There is an abundance of information and meal ideas to upgrade your dietary choices for improved health and weight loss.

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How Is Pain Diminishing Your Life? Part Two

Admin — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:50:37 GMT

(Excerpted from Dr. Nortons soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

The next day I shared my findings with them, which I described as multiple severe spinal misalignments resulting in major nervous system disturbance. I told Ruth and Victoria I had a game plan that could greatly minimize, if not resolve, her painful condition.

I made it clear to Victoria though, that I needed her willingness to come to my office multiple times a week for a while. These visits would give us a chance to release the dysfunctional pattern she was stuck in. If she could just summon the faith of a mustard seed, I would do the rest.

In the Biblical Parable of the Mustard Seed in Matthew 13:31-32, Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a mustard seed. Although having some of the smallest seeds, the mustard plant grows to a large size, providing shelter for birds. The story has been interpreted to mean that grand things can grow from tiny actions.

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Pain Perspective

The chronic severe pain had pulled Victoria into a protective shell, guarding her from further harm in a dangerous world. Fully focused on her moment-to-moment misery and desire to escape, shed lost her motivation to care about anything other than the next painkiller.
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Her mother, knowing that taking too many painkillers is dangerous, tried to keep medication away from Victoria. That simply made her angry.

So I let Victoria know that I was a determined person and that after twenty-three years of study and patient care, I rarely failed. My comment elicited a slight laugh, which was her only response during the entire time I was relating my findings. Still, I had touched a small spark in her; we were on our way.

An initial miracle occurred after the first two days of adjustments. To be specific, Victoria wasnt curled up into a protective ball with her face hidden any more as she sat in the waiting area. She walked with greater ease and I found her reading a brochure while waiting for me on the adjusting table. More signs that the dimmed light bulb was regaining some brightness.

I looked at Victorias face as I approached her and noticed a bit of a smile. I asked her what was different and she reported that she had experienced some pain relief.

Several amazing improvements continued day by day before our very eyes. My staff could hardly believe she was the same person. Before long, she began driving herself for her visits rather than needing help from her parents. She started to open up and share more with me, even discussing plans for her future that she had previously lost interest in. Her light keeps getting brighter.

These days, Victoria continues to feel better and better. A more spontaneous happiness is emerging and she cares to spend time with friends again. Watching vibrancy come to light in her body, mind, and spirit has been simply incredible and a joy to participate in.

Healing Hints
If you are in the midst of a difficult pain or illness condition, or up against any seemingly insurmountable barrier for that matter, and no answer has yet appeared.Never, ever, ever give up! Most of the time there is a solution and your situation can improve.
At least determine to summon the small amount of faith necessary to believe there is an answer to your health problem, and then stay awake, asking and seeking for it. Be prepared for an opportunity to come your way and then be willing to follow through with a plan of action.
If you dont step out, take a risk, and explore a new approach, because you are too pessimistic to trust the opening door and believe walking through it may hold a possible answer, then you can make sure you are right by guaranteeing failure. Take that risk!
How much medication do you honestly have to take to get through the work day or to carry out your basic responsibilities? How long can you continue like this before your kidneys, liver or overall health breaks down?
Since your ongoing pain is a nervous system issue, and since that disturbance is most frequently related to the altered positioning and functioning of your spine secondary to injuries and life stresses, if you have not taken the opportunity to receive a complete chiropractic evaluation, including a computerized nervous system stress assessment and biomechanical x-rays, then now should be that time.
Call us today at 559-490-9550 to schedule an appointment or to find out the upcoming dates of Dr. Nortons Where Does It Hurt program conducted at our Central California office. For more information on our approach and the healing solutions we offer go to: www.DrMatthewNorton.com.

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How Is Pain Diminishing Your Life? Part One

Admin — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:46:19 GMT

(Excerpted from Dr. Nortons soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

Are you:

Suffering with pain?
Becoming frustrated in your efforts to find relief?
Dissatisfied with your current diagnosis or treatment?
Worrying that the underlying cause of your condition is yet to be identified and addressed?

If so, you are far from alone.

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Pain Perspective

More and more people are suffering from chronic pain. Whats worse is that medication and risky, invasive procedures are frequently the only treatments offered.
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What important responsibilities are you no longer able to carry out due to the extent of your pain?

Are you missing days at work?

Are you worried that your supervisor is getting impatient with you?
What pleasurable activities have you given up?

Can you no longer pick up your own children, garden, or play a sport? How much and how long do you suffer if you attempt to do them?

Entering the Dark Pit of Difficult Return (Ruths Story)

Ruth brought her grown daughter Victoria into my office a few months ago. Three years earlier, Victoria had been struck by a car at high speed in her mail- carrier vehicle and was seriously injured. Disabled and living at home, she was now in the midst of a severe pain flare-up. Her medical advisors seemed to have given up on resolving her condition. Theyd resorted to managing her pain with strong narcotic medications.

I had spoken at a community workshop sponsored by the National Wellness Foundation on ADHD and Ritalin, which Ruth had attended. During this critical time for Victoria she thought of me and called for an appointment, desperately hoping I could help her daughter.

When I entered the consultation room, Victoria was nearly curled up into a fetal ball in the chair and her mother, sitting by her, had been crying. Victoria made minimal effort to communicate and kept her face down in her hands. Her mother mostly spoke for her.

Just to survive, Victoria was taking extremely high quantities of pain pills, far exceeding the recommended dosages. When I let her know that Id do my best to help her, she said that she would just as soon die.

With Victorias agreement, I proceeded to slowly and carefully evaluate her postural imbalances and areas of excessive muscle contraction and tenderness, as well as conduct various tests to discern altered functioning of her nervous system. This was followed by a computerized assessment of her nervous system disturbances and precise biomechanical x-rays of her neck and lower back to measure misalignments between the vertebrae.

Healing Hints

Dont ignore your pain and simply hope it goes away. Dont just reach for the pain medication or another beer and see if that makes it disappear. Pain is a critically important message system designed into you to alert you to trouble and push you to seek the cause and a true solution.
If your pain is ongoing or recurrent it is related to a chronic blockage and disturbance of function in that area. Rather than seeking to merely relieve your pain, it is essential for you to locate the cause and have your painful blockage released.
If you arent fully satisfied that your current diagnosis or treatment has adequately addressed the underlying cause of your condition and provided you with a true solution then keep looking. Dont settle for symptom management alone or a mediocre quality of life. A real solution is frequently possible.
Be honest with yourself about the diminishing capacities that are gradually piling up and impacting your quality of life. What are you no longer able to do or do without significant suffering because of your unresolved painful condition? Make a list if necessary to expose your decline to the light of your conscious attention.
Since your ongoing pain is a nervous system issue, and since that disturbance is most frequently related to the altered positioning and functioning of your spine secondary to injuries and life stresses, if you have not taken the opportunity to receive a complete chiropractic evaluation, including a computerized nervous system stress assessment and biomechanical x-rays, then now should be that time.
Call us today at 559-490-9550 to schedule an appointment or to find out the upcoming dates of Dr. Nortons Where Does It Hurt program conducted at our Central California office. For more information on our approach and the healing solutions we offer go to: www.DrMatthewNorton.com.

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Motivated again, no longer a prisoner to pain

FresMarketing — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:38:38 GMT

I'm a local web marketer for the Fresno area.

A few years ago after getting my neck hurt, life began to slow down for me quite a bit, and I lost the drive that kept me excited, and going for my business.

At that time, approx. 4 years ago, I produced a successful trade show event. After that, I did not feel well enough, energetic enough, and was simply in pain too often to feel motivated to produce this event again for the years following.

Since seeing Dr. Norton now on a regular basis, I've gotten my spark back, feel better than I have in years, and actually produced this trade show again recently and successfully! I've also had the drive, and motivation to to work harder than ever at what I do, and this has been very rewarding.
I've gained several new clients as a result of my renewed, and improved physical, and mental health, which has enabled me to put my best foot forward.

I owe this rejuvenation and rebirth all to Dr. Norton.

Had I not found him on the web about a year ago, and taken the initiative to give him a visit, I would still be living a life that was diminishing in quality on a daily basis, and may not be succeeding in my business as I am now.

Dr. Norton is a genuinely caring, and knowledgeable person.

Thank you Dr. Norton.

You know who I am ;-).

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Alternative Health and Healing Book, Where Does It Hurt? By Dr. Matthew Norton

webadmin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:26:57 GMT

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Alternative Health and Healing Book, Where Does It Hurt? By Dr. Matthew Norton

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Overcoming Asthma Part Two

Dr. Norton — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:19:53 GMT

Overcoming Asthma:
Improving Lives Without Drugs (Part 2 of 2)

(Excerpted from Dr. Nortons soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Doctor Nortons Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

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Respiratory Recovery Research

A 1997 article published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research discussed eighty-one children under chiropractic care that took part in a self-reported asthma related impairment study. The children were assessed before and two months after chiropractic care using an asthma impairment questionnaire.

Health Restoration Insight

Significantly lower impairment rating scores were reported for 90% of subjects 60 days after chiropractic care in comparison to their pre-chiropractic scores. In addition, 31% of the children voluntarily decreased their dosage of medication by an average of 67% while under care. Twenty- four of the patients who reported asthma attacks thirty days prior to the study had significantly decreased attacks by an average of 45%.

Peet and others reported encouraging results with eight pediatric patients with medically diagnosed asthma. They had never received chiropractic care prior to the study. After only ten adjustments the children demonstrated an average increase in peak flow rate of 25% and seven of the eight were able to reduce or discontinue their medication. All participants showed measurable improvement on their x-rays which correlated with their asthma symptom progress.

Kessinger reported on a study of 58 patients after they had received chiropractic adjustments for correction of upper neck subluxations (misalignments with nervous system disturbance). Forced expiratory volume (FEV) and forced vital capacity (FVC) were measured before care and two weeks afterward. 57% of the group was considered to have abnormal lung function at the start.

Statistically significant changes were revealed over the two-week study. In fact, 42% of the abnormal group actually tested within normal limits at the end. The normal population also showed meaningful increases.

Masarsky and Masarsky in their book Somatovisceral Aspects of Chiropractic discuss how the act of breathing requires the undisturbed communication of both the autonomic nervous system to the lungs and motor nervous system to the skeletal muscles. Both emanate from the neck and upper back and therefore subluxations from either area can hinder your vitally important ability to breathe.

The Masarskys proceed to review a recent mortality study which demonstrated that individuals with depressed FEV scores are more likely to die from all causes, not just respiratory diseases, at 4 years, 15 years, and 24 years post-measurement, when compared with those at or above expected values.

Health Restoration Insight

Apparently, reduced lung function is a good general indicator of a persons vulnerability to a wide variety of serious health problems. Conversely, improving lung function through chiropractic care can be seen as a contribution to a persons overall vitality.

(View applications of this message to your life in Healing Hints below)

Healing Hints

Breathing without difficulty is simply one of the vast array of complex physiological processes naturally woven into the fabric of your design. It is simply how you are supposed to function. Even though we take breathing for granted when it is truly an amazing action, it does work incredibly well most of the time and doesnt require us to think about it!
It is your nervous system that directs and coordinates your respiration and its adaptive response to the moment to moment demands placed on your system for oxygen.
Your body doesnt need help to figure out how to work right as that intelligence permeates your entire being. It does however need to be free of interference!
Increasing research and years of clinical experience are continuing to verify that spinal misalignments that disturb neurological communication to your internal organs (the autonomic nervous system), such as your lungs, are a critical source of interference to vital functioning and result in compromises that can lead eventually to disease states.
A 2006 article in the journal Medical Hypotheses by a Stanford radiologist proposed that disturbed functioning of the autonomic branch of the nervous system is the foundational basis for all disease states!
The best way to simply and accurately assess possible interference with your autonomic nervous system is with computerized thermographic measurements. We are offering that test along with any needed x-rays and the rest of our chiropractic examination for only $30 the week of March 12-15. See the News and Events section above for more information and call us at 559-490-9550 to reserve a special appointment.

About Dr. Norton

Dr. Norton unites his passion for learning, teaching, and healing with a compassion for those who are struggling with pain and illness or not performing at their peak. He brings to his work a high level of academic achievement and cutting-edge bodymind research. However, he also brings a deeply caring heart transformed by difficult personal life experiences. Read more.

(The article above was excerpted from Dr. Nortons soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Doctor Nortons Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

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Overcoming Asthma Part One

Dr. Norton — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:20:28 GMT

Overcoming Asthma:
Improving Lives Without Drugs (Part 1 of 2)

(Excerpted from Dr. Nortons soon to be published book: Where Does It Hurt? Doctor Nortons Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health)

Read Client Testimonials by clicking here.

Ask Dr. Norton A Question (anonymously if you wish) Click Here.

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Contact Our Office by Clicking Here, or call 559 - 490 - 9550

Start a healthy lifestyle and diet now - Learn More Click Here

Breathing a Deeper Sigh of Relief

In the United States asthma is now epidemic. 20 million Americans have asthma and 9 million are under eighteen according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Its overall prevalence increased 75% from 1980-1994 and a staggering 160% in children under five. This once rare disease causes more time to be lost from school than any other pediatric condition.

We spend $11.5 billion annually on direct health care costs for asthma and deaths have reached 5,000 a year.

More than 70% of people with asthma also suffer from allergies.

Roger was one of those people when he entered my office in September of 2005. He was looking for some help with his neck and right shoulder pain after 4-5 years of suffering and also for the low back condition that had been a problem for at least a decade. Roger was in need of some solutions and came in at the encouragement of his wife who was thrilled with her progress under my care.

However, Roger had no idea that chiropractic spinal adjustments could also make a positive impact on another health condition that had diminished his vital capacity. He had struggled with allergies his entire life that had worsened when he moved to Central California. They continued to worsen until in 1998, when his breathing had become quite difficult, he was ultimately diagnosed with asthma.

Roger was provided with a variety of medications including steroid inhalers, which did reduce some of his symptoms but also caused him to be sick more often. Eventually, he wearied of the side effects and began seeking a true solution rather than merely managing his symptoms. His condition began to improve with the termination of steroids and the initiation of allergy shots.

A serious broadside car accident in 1994 sufficient to flip his vehicle left Roger with neck damage he wasnt aware of. Even though only at the young age of 42, the x-rays I took of his neck revealed severe disc and joint decay to the point of near fusion.

The computer scans of his nervous system function demonstrated both a long term pattern of motion restriction and autonomic (organ regulating) disturbance in the neck and upper back.

Both of these areas can influence respiratory function.

Roger began dramatically improving in every symptomatic area within the first three weeks declaring he was already 70% better overall. His back and neck/shoulder pain were nearly gone. Over the next weeks he was able to move and exercise better than he ever had in his life. The follow-up computerized functional assessments we conducted showed excellent progress.

One day during this time frame Roger came in and said that he had been medically re-examined and had some amazing news to share about his breathing measurements. He was told that his vital capacity and forced expiratory volume were the best ever and further that the outcomes were so good that the doctors retracted the diagnosis.

Roger no longer had asthma!

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Life-Changing Program Offerings

Dr. Norton — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:36:02 GMT

Please join us for two paradigm-shifting programs offered on a regular basis in our Central California office.

They are based on the two key aspects of my nearly completed book Where Does It Hurt? Doctor Norton's Surprising Stories and Transforming Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health.
http://www.WhereDoesItHurtBook.com/

The first is entitled "Beginning the Journey to Healing" and is based upon the "Releasing Pain" aspect of the book and the second is "Save Your (Quality of) Life" based upon the "Restoring Whole Body Health" component.

Many of you have pain challenges and absolutely need to hear the powerful information contained in the first program. We will explore the critical distinction between a focus upon "relieving" pain, with its many serious side-effect risks, and "releasing" pain gently and safely thereby allowing your body to return to its self-regulating/self-healing design.

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Check out my published articles on AssociatedContent.com

Dr. Norton — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:22:05 GMT

Check out my published articles on AssociatedContent.com

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Chiropractic Has Become a Lifestyle For Me

A.H. — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:53:40 GMT

When I was in Jr. High I had a diving accident that resulted in major pain years down the road. It got to a point in 99 that I hurt so badly I had trouble walking and doing activities that I really enjoyed. I had gone to doctors that led me to meds and then to physical therapy, neither of which did any good. A girlfriend recommended that I see Dr. Norton.

The only experience I had had with chiropractors was when I went with my grandmother. I was traumatized by the cracking sounds. She assured me that Dr. Norton didnt do cracking. When I came in for my initial consult we found out I had an inch short leg. I was completely off balance, which was why I was having so many issues. After the first series with Dr. Norton I saw significant changes and hes still helping me live life at my best. I can do the things I love like hiking, exercising, camping. And now the length of my pant legs are the same.

There are so many wonderful things about Dr. Nortons office. Its casual and friendly. Its really nice having a Christian environment. Dr. Norton doesnt just adjust where it hurts, but he looks at the whole picture, helping my body function the way God made it, which I really appreciate. Now I have a better sense of overall well-being. Im more in tune with my body. Chiropractic is a worthwhile investment. I hardly ever need to see my medical doctor because I rarely get sick and when I do my recovery time is much faster.

Some of my friends have a new respect for chiropractic because theyve seen what its done for me. After my husband saw what chiropractic did for me he now comes and gets adjusted on a regular basis. Our lives have improved as a result.

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Finally, Someone Helped Me

Tom M. — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:49:46 GMT

For fifteen years I had an ongoing problem with my entire back and horrible pain in my arms. This was affecting almost everything in my life. It hurt just to sit. Over the years my hip started to bother me as well. I went to a chiropractor that used a manipulation method, which only gave me temporary relief. I decided it wasnt solving the problem so I had a hip replacement in June of last year and thought I would just have to live with my other pains.

My wife heard Dr. Norton speak at an event and she thought it would be a good idea to go see him. I saw improvement almost immediately! I continued with his plan and my problems went away completely. I plan on staying with Dr. Norton long term for maintenance to stay this way. Dr. Nortons instrument adjustments really make a difference. I feel the best I have in 15 years!

Now I can do just about everything. Sitting and riding in a car isnt an issue. I can do work around the house. I have more energy and Im sleeping through the night. I wasnt expecting that. My wife can tell Im doing so much better just by looking at me, but now she makes me do the dishes.

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